Crimea Vote Won't End Reliance on Ukraine for Power, Water

Peninsula Still Relies on Ukraine for Much of its Power and Water

KIEV, Ukraine—Crimeans voted on Sunday to break away from Ukraine and join Russia, but the bonds of a Soviet-era infrastructure will be harder to break.

The dry, windswept peninsula has few of the resources to support the fabled resorts and ports for which it is valued. With no land bridge to Russia, it relies on Ukraine for about 25% of its gas, 70% of its water, and 90% of its electricity, all of which it imports over a small strip...